Friday 5 April 2019

VERBAL REASONING: PRACTICE QUESTIONS

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Choose the pair of words that best expresses a relationship similar to that expressed in the pairs of words in capital.
11. CONTINENT : WORLD
(A) teacher : classroom
(B) class : school
(C) cogent : powerful
(D) apple : fruit
12. YAWN : BOREDOM
(A) walk : run
(B) apple : fruit
(C) smile : amusement
(D) tiger : carnivorous
13. BAT : CRICKET
(A) hockey : stick
(B) football : soccer
(C) court : tennis
(D) rugby : sports
14. GAGGLE : GEESE
(A) class : school
(B) fish : pond
(C) tiger : jungle
(D) swarm : bees
15. OBSERVE : SCRUTINIZE
(A) fond : doting
(B) running : eating
(C) point : location
(D) east : direction
ANSWERS: NTS VERBAL PRACTICE
11(B) 12(C) 13(B) 14(D) 15(A)
EXPLANATION
11. (B) World is made up of continents, as school is made up of classes.
12. (C) Yawn  is a sign of boredom, as smile is a sign of amusement.
13. (B) Bat is used to play cricket, as football is used to play soccer.
14. (D) Gaggle is a group of geese, as swarm is a group of bees.
15. (A) Scrutinize  means to examine/look carefully. So, scrutinize is the higher degree of observe, as doting  (an extreme love for sb/sth) is the higher degree of fond  (love for sb/sth).

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